Reeh 14:26 · unit 8

TT #259 · Parashas Reeh · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 14:26

The Complete Passuk

וְנָתַתָּ֣ה הַכֶּ֡סֶף בְּכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁר־תְּאַוֶּ֨ה נַפְשְׁךָ֜ בַּבָּקָ֣ר וּבַצֹּ֗אן וּבַיַּ֙יִן֙ וּבַשֵּׁכָ֔ר וּבְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּֽשְׁאָלְךָ֖ נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְאָכַלְתָּ֞ שָׁ֗ם לִפְנֵי֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ אַתָּ֥ה וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃

And you shall spend the money for whatever your soul desires—for oxen or for sheep or for wine or for strong drink or for whatever your soul asks of you—and you shall eat there before Hashem your God and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

Chabad.org — 14:26

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamos / Kiddushin.

Sefaria — Yevamos / Kiddushin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אַתָּה וּבֵיתֶךָ – אָמַר רַבִּי תַּנְחוּם אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִילַאי, כׇּל יְהוּדִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ אִשָּׁה שָׁרוּי בְּלֹא שִׂמְחָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְשָׂמַחְתָּ אַתָּה וּבֵיתֶךָ.

English: "You and your household" — Rabbi Tanchum said in the name of Rabbi Chanilai: Any Jew who has no wife dwells without joy, as it is said "and you shall rejoice, you and your household."

On the daf / in context: “Your household” is understood as one’s wife; without her the mitzvah of rejoicing cannot be fully realized.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Yevamos) — joy requires a wife.

What Is Learned

A man who has no wife is regarded as dwelling without joy, because the verse links rejoicing to “you and your household.”